An anti-oligarch rally is taking place outside the building of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv on January 16 while parliamentarians are considering amendments to bill No. 7163 on special aspects of state policy to ensure Ukraine's sovereignty in temporarily occupied areas in Donbas (the so-called Donbas reintegration bill).

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Protesters are demanding that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and lawmakers take decisions that will clearly define comprehensive measures to address the Russian occupation of Ukraine and deter the return of the oligarchic-colonial system.